Question

A company wants to reduce the size of its logo by one fourth to use on the business cards.if the area o the original logo is 4 square inches what is the area of the logo that will be used on the business cards?

PLEASE help!!

Answer 1

what's 1/4 of 4?

subtract that to get ?

Answer 2

But it would be -15/4...i'm still a bit confused... wouldn't you divide?

Answer 3

@Steve

so it would be -15/4?

Answer 4

oh i thought you meant to subtract 1/4 and 4 sorry!

Answer 5

I still don't understand. Can u just tell me the answer please?

Answer 6

excuse me?

1/4 of 4 is 1
reduce 4 by 1:
4-1 = 3

Answer 7

The first clue you were off is the negative value. That's not a reasonable answer.